HC Deb 09 January 1985 vol 70 cc443-4W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of offers of selective financial assistance and the amount paid on Merseyside in each year since 1974.

Mr. Trippier

Information relating to sections 7 and 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 for Merseyside county is as follows:

Year Number of offers Value of offers 000's Payments 000's
Section 7
1974 30 13,403 6,809
1975 43 4,379 8,142
1976 32 3,091 3,298
1977 72 7,459 2,182
1978 55 37,795 24,891
1979 90 19,518 11,757
1980 37 9,913 5,501
1981 15 2,408 5,763
1982 41 4,698 5,533
1983 44 7,964 4,755
*1984 50 5,123 3,153
Section 8
1974
1975
1976 8 1,167 63
1977 12 583 328
1978 33 2,609 670
1979 53 961 932

Year Number of offers Value of offers 000's Payments 000's
1980 53 351 784
1981 5 25 408
1982 23 1,064 291
1983 11 2,529 467
*1984 4 67 101
*January-September.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of offers of selective financial assistance and the amount paid in each year since 1974 in Kirkby and Prescott.

Mr. Trippier

Information relating to sections 7 and 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 for KirKby and Prescott is as follows:

Section 7
Kirkby Prescott
No. of Value of Payments No of Value of Payments
offers offers offers offers
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
1974 6 4,174 146 2 115 30
1975 6 90 3,871 2 407 166
1976 2 27 210 5 1,159 689
1977 10 3,410 890 5 417 168
1978 8 1,399 578 7 614 449
1979 5 391 840 11 1,511 407
1980 3 3,753 472 2 260 527
1981 7 1,889 1,837 1 100 315
1982 1 49 1,640 3 95 575
1983 10 1,407 2,379 3 1,058 131
1984* 7 690 256 1 28 262
* January to September.

Section 8
Kirkby Prescott
No. of Value of Payments No of Value of Payments
offers offers offers offers
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
1974
1975
1976 1 334
1977 1 393 1 56 25
1978 2 99 193
1979 4 105 80 5 386 37
1980 1 1 15 2 8 92
1981 28 61
1982 1 6 16
1983 2 54
1984* 1 9 36
* January to September.